Holdback.



G. R. WARNER.

HOLDBAGK.

APPLICATION FILED 11211.15, 1914.

1,1 1 1,1 1 1D 7 Patented 301113.22, 1914.

1 Inventor Atto rn eys THE NOfRls PETERS 60., F'HOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON, D, c,

.a citizen of the United States, residing at ing parts throughout the several views, '1 J qEn srarns rn rnrvr orrien.

l Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fil ed April 15, 1914. Serial as. 832,024.

To all whom it may concern: defined will be ovate-acu- Be it known that I, GEORGE R. WARNER, mmatein contour with the ovate portion in contact with the lower or shaft. The edges of the loop as disclosed in Fig. 2 extend rearwardly and upwardly to thus provide for the tight gripping of the shaft when a rearward stress is applied to the upper extremity thereof. The lower and forwardly extending portion of the loop is secured to the corresponding portion of the thill tug 6 by the rivet 11 or other equivalent means. The loop being connected to the thill tug at one place may move independent thereof to a slight extent due to the flexibility of the material of which the device herein described is constructed.

The strap securing member 10 is triangular in general contour and is provided with the strap receiving slot 12 which is angularly disposed with respect to the bottom wall of the loop 9 as will be apparent from a reference to Fig. The angularity of the slot 12 allows the holdback 13 to be directly secured thereto.

The device herein disclosed may be made of any material suitable for the purpose in hand and when constructed as herein described ivill embody material advantages, among the more salient of which is the fric- In the drawings accompanying this speci tional manner in which the upper and acufication and forming a part thereof, the minate portion of the loop engages the shaft preferred embodiment of my invention is 4- when stress is applied thereto by the illustrated, in hi h; holdback 18. This relieves to a large ex- Figure l is a view in perspective of my tent, the stop 5 of much stress which would improved holdback in position upon a shaft. otherwis be applied thereto incident to a ig. 2 is a sectional view thereof taken holding back of the draft animal. Also the along a longitudinal median Line. Fig. 3 is time required for harnessing andunharnessa cross sectional View taken on the line 3-3 ing is materially shortened as will be readily of Fig. 2. appreciated.

Referring to the drawings in which simig thus fully desel'ibed my inven lar reference numerals designate correspond The loop as thus Snover, in the county of Sanilac and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Holdback, of which the following is a specification. p This invention relates to improvements in ho-ldbacks.

The object of the present invention is to provide a holdback which is strong and serviceable and at the same time simple in design and subject to economicmanufacture.

A further object is to provide a holdback which will tightly grasp a vehicle shaft and be drawn into frictional engagement there with, thus relieving the shaft stop of the greaterpart of its strain incident to the holding'back of the draft animal.

VViththe foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and' claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

tion, what I claim is 1. A thill attachment comprising an ovate acuminate loop, and a strap holding member carried by the upper acuminate portion thereof, strap holding member provided with an angularly disposed slot there in, the angularity being taken with respect to the longitudinal axis of said loop, the side edges of said loop extending upwardly and rearwardly.

2. A device ofthe' class described, comprising a loop formed of a sin le length of material, said material being bent in substantially ovate acuminate contour, and a triangular shaped strap securing member represents a vehicle shaft equipped with a stop 5 preventing the rear motion of the improved holdback herein described.

The holdback in question includes the thill tug 6 which carries at its upper and lower extremities the buckle 7 and ring 8. The buckle and ring coact for the eflicient support of the belly-band, portions of which only are disclosed.

loop 9 is formed of a single length of suitable material with the upper ends 9 terminating substantially parallel and secured to the strap securing member 10.

Patented Sept. 22, ieia.

under side of the l taken With respect to the longitudinal axis W-iLnesses:

of said loop, the side edges of said 100p ex-M NELSON WARNER, v endis upwardl end rearwe m .0.- A, MUNN- Copies of this patent may be obtaine d fdf 2 o ms arri d by and secured th upper ecm lntestimpsyihet -eleimthe iq e ziflges' nate portion of said loop, said strap seem;v my .own, .I have hereto affixed my signa ing member provided with en angularly in the presence of two witnesses. I a disposed slot therein, the singularity being 'GEORGE R. WARNER,

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